- Perverted justice: Sony apologizes
 Warning: The following news item is as fake as Sony's viral marketing scam and graffiti ads. Perverted justice
- Yasunori Mitsuda still has the goods
 Still amazed at how the composer is able to inspire people with fresh arrangements of his work, I am able to present a few tidbits that I obtained at Passion in Australia. Read on
- Blue Dragon soundtrack really pretty good
 The latest entry in Nobuo Uematsu's ouvre, the two-disc soundtrack for Blue Dragon, is now on sale in Japan. "I have a feeling that, after a long time, I finally managed to write something really good again," Uematsu modestly answered in a recent interview. Happily, the man speaks the truth. Details
- sony wants ur $249 for xmas
charlie + jeremy hav3 a web$ite. they luv the PSP so they made iron-ons to trick out your shit. they site is pwned by Sony bitch Zipatoni. that dont mean they aint legit! alliwantforxmas
- PS4 will go VR, predicts analyst
 The Playstation 3 is pricey for a reason, says Michael Pachter. The high-end console is meant to last until video games are ready for a truly disruptive paradigm shift. Full story
- December Famitsu scores
 Prestigious gaming weekly Famitsu Magazine deigned to give Dawn of Mana a 30/40, while Chocobo and the Magic Picture Book scored a 33. Meanwhile, Mistwalker's first RPG snagged a respectable 37/40. more scores
- The future is now: Man makes Power Glove for Wii
 Cat wants no part of it. Wii Glove
- Super Mario RPG headed to Wii Virtual Console
 The ESRB has been releasing ratings for retro titles headed to Wii's Virtual Console. Though the official announcement is forthcoming, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars is looking like a sure thing, debuting for a retail price of $8 or 800 Wii points. Other upcoming virtual titles leaked by the ESRB include Kid Ikarus and Punch Out for the NES, Pilotwings and Super Metroid for SNES, along with Mario Kart 64 and Starfox 64 for the N64. Titles are expected to arrive early to mid 2007. Games Are Fun
- Australia and Singapore game concerts announced
 The Eminence Group will be presenting a concert series entitled "Passion" featuring orchestral arrangements of game music from popular Square Enix titles including Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy XII and Vagrant Story. Special guests Hitoshi Sakimoto and Yasunori Mitsuda are scheduled to attend. Melbourne's Merlyn Theatre will host December 9th, Sydney's Verbrugghen Hall show is scheduled for December 16th, and Singapore's Victoria Concert Hall will round out the tour on December 23rd. More info is available at eminenceonline.com. Eminence
- R.I.P. E3
 As of this point in time, the Electronic Entertainment Expo as we know it will cease to exist. The Entertainment Software Association has emphatically declared the death of the Expo as a geek orgy of P.R. mayhem, to be replaced with a smaller (5,000 attendees), more press-centric "E3 Media Festival." Discuss
- Princess Peach whoring out pictures in the UK
 "For a set charge of ?9.75 I will perform a pose of your choice and the photo is yours to keep! You may want me to mimic a classic Peach action or hold up a sign with your name on saying how much YOU rock! Or perhaps you require a picture for your website or blog? I have Nintendo-themed props such as huge chain chomps, bullet bills and bob-ombs! The possibilities are endless! You may even want to fool people into thinking I?m your girlfriend!"- Princess Peach Link
- Minaba, Sakimoto and Sakaguchi in Mistwalker DS RPG Archaic Sealed Heat (ASH)
 At Nintendo's press conference, Square Enix spin-off Mistwalker took the opportunity to announce a new game. Which isn't interesting in and of itself (it's a strategy RPG). The interesting part is that Hideo Minaba and Hitoshi Sakimoto are involved. Ding! They were on staff for Final Fantasy XII at some point, right? So does that mean FFXII is done? Or that they quit and the FF12 DOOMED scenario was true to some extent? Or did Sakaguchi just whip it out and taunt them over? And will a game with a title as ludicrous as "Archaic Sealed Heat" really be any good, despite the fact that it's the first game to be developed by Sakaguchi since... a really long time?
- Wild ARMs 4 and Shadow Hearts 3 to be published in US by ex-Square CEO
 Square Enix's CEO prior to Youchi Wada's promotion, Jun Iwasaki, and six of his Square Enix buddies, have founded a new company specifically for the spreading of RPG wonder in the Western lands called XSeed Games. I'll let you speculate about the possible relationship of that title to Final Fantasy VIII yourself, however. XSeed will be bringing Shadow Hearts 3 and Wild ARMs 4 to the States in 2006, with plans for more after the aforementioned two prove successful. Which they will, apparently. Iwasaki can look into the future.
- PS3 could be pushed to 2007 if conditions favor Sony
 According to a report by Wedbush Morgan Securities, Sony could dely the PS3's launch into the early part of 2007. The basis for the projection rests on the production cost of the current PS2 and the soon to be released Xbox 360. If events go as predicted, Sony will drop the PS2's price to $99 around the launch of the Xbox 360. Because the PS2 costs less than $99 to produce, it would serve as a distraction to the higher priced 360 and help counteract a likely $99 Xbox, which would still sell at a loss. If the launch proves to be lackluster due to the cheapened PS2, it's successor console could easily be delayed into 2007, giving Sony plenty of time to produce units to meet demands. Ultimately, however, the release date rests on the success of the 360 and its launch. GameSpot
- Richard Simmons to voice Tingle in upcoming Zelda
 It has to be true. It's on the internet.
- Vin Diesel signed for Hitman movie; 1% statistical chance of being good
 Vin Diesel has reportedly been cast as Agent 47 in the forthcoming Hitman movie as well as future games in the series. "We've selected Diesel for good reasons," said Dickey Swick, casting director for Hitman, "because he's so bald and is an amazingly talented and gifted thespian." Given that 10% of Diesel's movies are good, and 10% of all video game movies are good, Hitman: the Movie has a 1% statistical chance of beeing any good at all.
- MMO sex sim being erected in Japan
 Just to bring you out of the E3 trance (which, let's face it, is over now -- wake up), sexual gaming blog Fleshbot and video fenky make note of "3Feel", a massively multiplayer online RPG "akin to the Sims", except the entire point is boinking people. True to the tendencies of people who ...play... such games, developer CM-NET will up the, er, usability by providing vibrators alongside the product. Game of the show! 4gamer
- Mistwalker reveals first X-Box 360 title
The first next generation Mistwalker title was revealed in the form of a scan in some Japanese magazine today. There are no details pertaining to the title except for the name of the game: Blue Dragon. With Akira Toriyama at the helm of character design, it will be the first Sakaguchi-Toriyama collaboration since Chrono Trigger in 1995. scan
- Bakusou! Yankee Tamashii creator developing DS/PSP title
 thinkArts, the amazing creator of Square Enix biker gang MMORPG Bakusou! Yankee Tamashii, is working on a simulation title for Nintendo DS and PSP, reports Gamefront. The game will be released for both platforms in 2005. I hope it's a biker gang simulation. Imagine the amazing stylus and dual screen control! Gamefront
- Sakaguchi returns to executive producer's role on two upcoming Xbox 2 RPGs
 Microsoft Game Studios announced today that Sakaguchi's Mistwalker studio is preparing two RPGs for the upcoming Xbox 2 ("Xenon") platform (currently on schedule for a November 2005 release). Full Article
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